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PATBNTED APR. 9, 1907.

APPLICATION FILED 005 2.25. 1906.

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PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

H. TABOR & W. LEWIS. BQUALIZING SUPPORT FOR MOLDERS FLASKS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.25. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIS TABOR, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, AND WILFRED LEWIS, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE TABOR MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- RATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EQUALlZlNG-SUPPORT FOR MOLDERS FLASKS.

No. 849,514. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed October 25,1906. Serial No. 340.433.

To 0,7], whom it 'ITLU/Z/ concern: 11 is a pivot by means of which the two Be it known that we, HARRIS TABOR and spiders are connected, and it is shown as hav- I/VILFRED LEwIs, both citizens of the United ing hemispherical heads fitted to co'rrespond- 55 States, residing at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and ing bearings. Encircling the pivot and be- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, respectively, tween the spiders there is a spiral spring 12.

have invented a new and useful Equalizing- 13 is a ring-like flange extending between Support for Molders Flasks, of which the folthe webs of the arms of the upper spider, and

lowing is a specification. it constitutes a dust-guard or housing. 60 The principal object of the present invn- 14 are downward projections on the arms IO tion is to provide a simple, efficient, and reliof the lower spider, and they may be used to able equalizing-cradle for supporting flasks engage the rails or other parts of a moldingin such a way that they will be held in proper machine or simply as feet. The ends 15 of position, even though they are out of shape the arms of the upper spider are shown to ex- 65 or warped or twisted. tend beyond the webs and to be provided 15 To this and other ends hereinafter set forth with bolt-holes, which may be employed, if the invention comprises the improvements desired, for connecting a suitable piece or to be presently described and finally claimed. member on top of the upper spider.

The nature, characteristic features, and In use the spideris placed upon the frame, 70 scope of our invention will be more fully untable, or support which is to receive and hold derstood from the following description, it while a pattern is drawn from it. Orditaken in connection with the accompanying narily the spring 12 holds the two spiders in drawings,forming part hereof, and in which such position that the bearings are not in Figure 1 is a top or plan vew of an equalizcontact, so that as the flask approaches its 7 5 ing-cradle embodying features of the invensupport it touches the upper surface of the 2 5 tion. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the top spider, and since the latter is supported lower member of the device, and Fig. 3 is a by the spring it adjusts itself to inequalities sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. in the flask. The continued descent of the In the drawings the lower part of the deflask overpowers the spring (which normally 8o vice'l comprises aspider having a three-point balances the weight of the upper spider) so 0 bearing, the points being indicated at 2,3,and that the three-point bearing-surfaces come 4. This spider comprises three legs, each of into contact with each other, thus supporting which is slotted longitudinally throughout its the weight of the flask, and the bearing-surlength and which extend from a centrally-arfaces possess so much friction that while sup- 85 ranged bearing 5, formed through a plate 6. porting the weight of the flask the upper spi- The upper part of the device comprises a der is practically immovable.

similar spider having three-point bearings It may be remarked that the flasks and (indicated at 7, 8, and 9) and which cooperpattern-carrying boards are clamped toate with the three-point bearings 2, 3, and 4. gether and are supported by some provisions 0 One set of three-point bearings, in the present of a machine in horizontal position when they 40 instance those marked 7, 8, and 9, are struck are lowered onto the described support, so from a common center and are themselves that the relative positions of the flask and circular or perhaps more properly spherical pattern-carrying board are fixed. independin the sense that they are parts of figures of ent of the action of the described support, 5 such configurations. The upper part or and this fixed relation must be maintained spider is shown to consist of three arms each after the pattern-carrying board and flask having a web 10, which is arranged in the are unclamped in order that when the patslot of the corresponding arm of the lower tern is drawn the mold may not be spoiled. spider, and the bearing-surfaces or bearings The described support receives the flask, and 7, 8, and 9 are illustrated as formed at the since the support is yielding the support 5 ends of these webs. The webs, since they adapts itself to any irregularity in the botare arranged in the slots, limit the rotary tom of the flask. 'Iherefore the relative posimotion of the two spiders. tions of the pattern and flask are maintained.

after the unclamping and during the drawing of the pattern. An example of means for presenting the flask to the support is the ask-carrier shown in Letters Patent No. 824,317 to Harris Tabor.

What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An equalizing-support for molders flasks comprising a pair of superposed spiders having three-point bearings between them of which bearings one set are struck from a common center, a pivot centrally connecting said spiders and affording them motion toward and away from each other, and a spring interposed between the spiders, substantially as described.

2. An equalizing-support for molders flasks comprising a pair of spiders having slot-and-web connection with each other and having bearing-surfaces, a pivot for connecting said spiders and aflording them a motion toward and away from each other, and a spring interposed between the spiders, substantially as described.

3. An equalizing-support for molders flasks comprising a pair of superposed spiders having three-point bearings, means for connecting said spiders to afford them a limited range of universal motion, and a spring for normally holding the spiders in position with their bearings out of contact, substantially as described.

4. An equalizingsupport for Inolders flasks comprising a pair of superposed members each having part of a ball-joint, means for connecting said members to afford them a limited range of universal motion, and means for normally holding the members in position with the parts of the ball-joint out of contact, substantially as described.

5. An equalizingsupport for molders flasks comprising a pair of superposed members each having part of a ball-joint, and means for normally holding the members in position with the parts of the ball-joint out of contact, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names.

HARRIS TABOR. WILFRED LEWIS.

In presence of W. J. JACKSON, K. M. GILLIGAN. 

